Some shows tug at your heartstrings. Next to Normal tugs at them, yanks at them, and tears them apart.
The show opens on a seemingly normal suburban family. The set is flat, three stories consisting of boxes, like a perfect little dollhouse. A mother, a father, a sister, a brother. The father goes to work, and the children go to school. The mother makes the sandwiches. Living an ordinary, normal life. Well, trying to. Before the mother collapses, and is having an “attack”. Slowly, gradually, the characters’ troubles unfold before us. [click to continue…]
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I walked into the Booth Theatre on June 29th with high expectations for Next to Normal. I found out about it when I was in Manhattan seeing The Little Mermaid and I passed the theatre. Its huge pictures of the cast had pulled me in. Then I started listening to some of the songs and I couldn’t stop. Then the Tony Awards had a performance of the song “I Am The One” and my mouth dropped at the amazing acting, singing, and demeanor of the performers and I knew that I just had to see it. When I finally saw it all my expectations were exceeded.
Next to Normal is what I would call a “rollercoaster of emotions”, but at the same time it is not so much that it leaves you walking out upset. [click to continue…]
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